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Monday, June 3, 2013

Docurama premieres Julien Temple’s rousing documentary “London: The Modern Babylon” at Capitol Theatre in Cleveland on Thurs. June 6

[Press release from Docurama.]

Temple (Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten)
time-travels through London from the start of the 20th century to the
2012 Olympics, threading past and present voices with film archives and
popular music across the century.

Every
screening begins with Nelson George’s 3-minute short film ALL HAIL THE
BEAT GE FOCUS FORWARD and is followed by a pre-taped Q&A with Temple

LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON is legendary filmmaker and music-video director Julien Temple’s (Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten)
epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From
musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals
and, above all, ordinary people, is the story of London’s immigrants,
its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever.

Reaching
back to the dawn of film in London at the start of the 20th century,
the story unfolds through film archives and voices of Londoners past and
present, powered by the flow of popular music across the century—a
stream of urban consciousness, like the river which flows through its
heart. It ends in present day, as London prepares to welcome the world
to the 2012 Olympics.

LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLONwill screen in Cleveland at Capitol Theatre on Thursday, June 6 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, June 8 at 11:00 AM.

The theatrical release of LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON in
15 U.S. markets during the week of June 3 is the final film in
Cinedigm’s (NASDAQ: CIDM) new DOCURAMA multi-platform film brand and
inaugural series of national theatrical screening events (http://www.docuramafest.com).
The DOCURAMA film series has attracted national attention for its
unique series that has brought 7 award-winning documentary films in 7
weeks into theaters nationwide, from April 22 through June 9.

Time Out London says
it’s: "An astonishing film…a rousing, powerful portrait of a city.” The
film had its North American debut at the Toronto International Film
Festival. Later it was nominated for Best Documentary at both the
British Independent Film Awards and the European Film Awards.

In partnership with GE FOCUS FORWARD-Short Films, Big Ideas,
a curatorial program inspired by GE’s vision of innovative people being
the catalyst for world change, DOCURAMA will present a 3-minute short
documentary with each feature film that has a complementary theme or
subject matter.

ALL HAIL THE BEAT,
from author, historian and filmmaker Nelson George, will be shown
before every screening of LONDON. The sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum
machine inspire musicians around the world, even though the device
hasn’t been made since 1984 and most of its avid users have never
actually seen one.

Every screening of LONDON will be followed by a pre-taped Q&A with the director.